Sameshwar
Amta-I block · Howrah
district, West Bengal · PIN 711401
· village code 332636
Population 2011
1,847
Census of India
Population 2020
1,932
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.6%
85 people · 0.5% a year
Households
408
-12.1% vs 464 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,847
Male / female
942 / 905
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
961
Children aged 0–6
164
Literacy rate
69.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
767 / 0
Working population
719
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
35.3%
Households
464
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
95
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
281
Non-farm households
127
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
47 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
47 / 6 / 23
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Raspur panchayat, Amta-I zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹31.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹41.43 lakh
Received directly
₹18,914
Spent
₹45.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.71 lakh · received ₹17.03 lakh · spent ₹17.70 lakh · left ₹8.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.81 lakh · received ₹24.40 lakh · spent ₹28.03 lakh · left ₹19.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5946, 87.9778 —
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